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Canada 1926 federal election

What was the result of the 1926 federal election in Canada?

Liberal Party of Canada won 128 of 245 seats with 46.1% of the vote. 70.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Canada
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Party of Canada won 128 of 245 seats with 46.1% of the vote; 70.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Liberal Party of Canada 128 46.1%
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 91 45.3%
  • Progressive Party of Canada 20 5.3%
  • Labour Party 3 1.5%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
123 of 245 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.1%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Canada

    Liberal Party of Canada won 128 of 245 seats. A majority needs 123.

  2. 70.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Party of Canada12846.11,500,302
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada9145.31,474,283
Progressive Party of Canada205.3171,516
Labour Party31.548,352
Independents20.721,017
Other parties (seats only)1
Votes by party
  • Liberal Party of Canada 1,500,302
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,474,283
  • Progressive Party of Canada 171,516
  • Labour Party 48,352
  • Independents 21,017
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

70.2% of the 4,665,381 registered voters cast a ballot (3,273,062 ballots). 3,256,508 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Canada46.1% of votes52.2% of seats
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada45.3% of votes37.1% of seats
  • Progressive Party of Canada5.3% of votes8.2% of seats
  • Labour Party1.5% of votes1.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 0.8 points of the vote.

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